Oct 272026
An abundance has been reported in the papers just a while ago regarding the bingo industry being hurt as a result of the anti cigarette law in the UK. Things have become so awful that in Scotland the Bingo industry has called for huge tax breaks to help keep the businesses from going bankrupt. But will the internet adaptation of this quintessential game provide a salvation, or will it not compare to its real life equivalent?
Bingo has been an enduring game normally played by the "blue rinse" generation. In any case the game of late had undergone a recent resurgence in acceptance with younger people deciding to visit the bingo halls rather than the bars on a Friday night. This is all about to be destroyed with the enacting of the cigarette ban all over Britain.
Players will no longer be able to smoke while marking numbers. From the summer of 2007 every public location will no longer be permitted to allow cigarettes in their venues and this includes Bingo parlours, one of the most popular places where people enjoy smoking.
The results of the anti smoking law can already be looked at in Scotland where cigarettes are already forbidden in the bingo halls. Players have dropped and the industry is literally struggling for to stay alive. But where have the players gone? Of course they haven’t forgotten this established game?
The answer is on the internet. People realise that they can bet on bingo using their computer at the same time enjoying a drink and fag and still have a chance at huge jackpots. This is a recent development and has timed itself bordering on perfect with the ban on cigarettes.
Of course playing on the internet will never replace the collective portion of going over to the bingo parlor, but for a group of men and women the governing edicts have left a lot of bingo enthusiasts with little option.
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